Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Helene, Duchess of Mecklenburg [-Strelitz], married Princess of Saxe-Altenburg , Duchess of Saxony January (born 4 jul. / 16th January 1857 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 28. August 1936 in Remplin ; full name Helene Marie Alexandra Elisabeth Auguste Katharina, Duchess of Mecklenburg ) was a member of the Russian branch of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .
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Helene was the second child and the only daughter of Duke Georg zu Mecklenburg [-Strelitz] (1824–1876) and his wife, Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia (1827–1894), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch Romanow and granddaughter of Tsar Paul I. . Her brothers were Duke Georg Alexander and Duke Carl Michael .
On December 13, 1891, she married Prince Albert von Sachsen-Altenburg , 14 years older only son of Eduard von Sachsen-Altenburg, at Remplin Castle . It was his second marriage after his first wife Marie died of puerperal fever in 1888 . She became the stepmother of his daughters Olga Elisabeth (1886–1955), ⚭ 1913 Count Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss , and Marie (1888–1947). Her marriage to Albert was childless.
The couple initially lived alternately in Berlin and Saint Petersburg and left Berlin entirely in 1896, which contemporary reports attributed to differences with Kaiser Wilhelm II . They moved to the Kuchelmiß estate acquired by Albert with Serrahn , where he died in 1902.
Helene went to Saint Petersburg and lived with her brother Carl Michael and the family of her brother Georg Alexander, who died in 1909. In 1917 she fled from the Russian Revolution to the Caucasus and arrived via France and Denmark to Remplin, where she initially lived with her nephew Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg . Her brother Carl Michael also lived here from 1930.
Helene was buried at the Remplin cemetery at the side of Carl Michael.
Her private library came to the collection of the library of the Russian Academy of Sciences after the revolution .
She was a nun of the Russian Order of Saint Catherine .
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- ↑ a b Helene Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.
- ↑ MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ . Royalty Guide. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Mecklenburgischer Staatskalender 1903, p. 8
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| SURNAME | Helene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helene zu Mecklenburg, Helene Marie Alexandra Elisabeth Auguste Katharina, Duchess of Mecklenburg (birth name); Princess Helene of Saxony-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-German nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Petersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1936 |
| Place of death | Remplin |